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Centers and Institutes

Guidelines for Notre Dame’s centers and institutes can be found on the Office of the Provost website under “Administrative Resources” (authentication required).

The following list includes director's names.

University Institutes

• Center for Social Concerns
  Paul Kollman, C.S.C.
• Eck Institute for Global Health
  David Severson
• Institute for Church Life
  John Cavadini
• Institute for Educational Initiatives
  Rev. Timothy Scully, C.S.C.
• Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA)
  Michael Wiescher
• Kellogg Institute for International Studies
  Paolo Carozza
• Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies,
  Christopher Fox
• Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
  Ruth Abbey
• Medieval Institute
  John Van Engen
• Nanovic Institute for European Studies
  A. James McAdams
• Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory
  Ian Carmichael
• Tantur Ecumenical Institute
  Rev. Russell McDougall, C.S.C.
• W. M. Keck Center For Transgene Research
  Francis Castellino

University Research Centers

• Center for Adult Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine
  David Hyde
• Center for Civil and Human Rights
  Daniel Philpott
• Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases
  Kasturi Haldar
• ND Energy
  Peter Burns
• Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications
  Nitesh Chawla

College Institutes

• Center for Aquatic Conservation
  David Lodge
• Environmental Research Center (UNDERC)
  Gary Belovsky
• Harper Cancer Research Institute
  M. Sharon Stack
• Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies
  Nelson Mark
• Institute for Flow Physics and Control
  Thomas Corke
• Institute for Latino Studies
  José E. Limón
• Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery
  Alan Seabaugh
• NDnano - Center for Nano Science and Technology
  Wolfgang Porod
• Wireless Institute
  J. Nicholas Laneman

College Centers

• Center for Accounting Research and Education (CARE)
  Peter Easton
• Center for Astrophysics (CANDU)
  Grant Mathews
• Center for Building Communities
  Ronald J. Sakal
• William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families
  Julie Braungart-Rieker
• Center for Environmental Science and Technology
  Jeremy Fein
• Center for Ethics and Culture
  O. Carter Snead
• Center for Ethics and Religious Values in Business
  Rev. Oliver F. Williams, C.S.C.
• Center for Mathematics
  Claudia Polini
• Center for Microfluidics and Medical Diagnostics
  Hsueh-Chia Chang
• Center for Philosophy of Religion
  Michael Rea
• Center for Research on Educational Opportunity
  Mark Berends
• Center for the Study of Financial Regulation
  Paul Schultz
• Center for the Study of Religion and Society
  Christian Smith
• Center for the Study of Social Movements
  Rory McVeigh
• Center for Zebrafish Research
  David Hyde
• Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
  Kathleen Sprows Cummings
• Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication
  James S. O'Rourke, IV
• Gigot Center for Entrepreneurship
  Sam Miller
• Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide
  Ann Tenbrunsel
• Institute for Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics (ISNAP)
  Michael Wiescher
• Institute for Theoretical Sciences
  Boldizsar Janko
• Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Biocomplexity
  Mark Alber
• John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology and Values
  Don Howard
• QuarkNet Center
  Randal Ruchti
• Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy
  David Campbell
• Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine
  Dominic Vachon
• The Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership
  Ed Conlon

Academic Support Units

• Center for Creative Computing
  Richard Gray
• Center for Research Computing
  Jaroslaw Nabrzyski
• Center for Social Research
  Christian Smith
• Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures
  Lance Askildson
• Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement
  Deb Rotman
• Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts
  Thomas Merluzzi
• Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning
  Kevin Barry
• Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility
  Bradley Smith
• The Writing Center
  Matthew Capdevielle